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The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial InstituteTUSKEGEE, ALABAMA."I regard l ho Tnskegee Instituteas the nmsi eonsn lorahle educational invention ol modern (inns. ?w rit < s I Vn i i 'sm >r \\ . I. Thomas,i 'i ul ossor ol Sociology in tli*1 I Hivetsity ol' ( h icago.Industry is ilio spirit ol' Tuskegeo ? - industry and discipline aremade a 1 1 ; i ! > i t . The choice ol' some?1" t ratli s is oflerod young menai. 1 young women. Tnskegoe graduates a iv earning I'roiu jjOO.uo tojf^O.PO and JrldO.i'O poi* month asAcademic Teachers. Kami Managers. Meani and Kleetrical Kngineors. Tailors, Farm .Managers,Teachers ol' l)oniostie Science.Nurse* ? in fact the demand lori uon and women trainod in all thotrades at Tnskegoe is far beyondthe supply.The Academic Work is vital andreal ; it is oloso to realities. Theschool seeks soundness and oltieienc\ ; the Acadeinio and Industrial\V? rk are closely correlated.The Spiritual Work of the schoolis strong. It ranks tilth in the I'nit1 1! States in number of studentsstuds ing the Uihle. It is guidedhy a Chaplain and a Secretary ofthe V. M. (\ A. and through aUi'nle training School.Morning drills for hoys; specialgymnastic training for girls; swimii!ii)<r pools for hoys and i_r i i*l s ; attractive irronnds: more than 100buildings. lar;_r ?, eomfortahle. airy,elect rie lighted ; l>t? Teachers.C*det OfficerGirl in Institute Uniform and BatCatalogue hill b? forwarded on receipt ot (6) cents tor postage. Address: iBOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal,Tuskegee Institute, Ala.? ? ? ? ? ? I , ,, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . Ilimi t i i;ati>To the W ? -i \ ir::iuia Stale;( t -i? \ . mil. xi.Hie - > 4 1 } ! annual >?"* >.:?!; ? ? i liiis j? will !> ,i ; 1 ?? *i ? k : ? y .Kaleiirh ??< anil v. .N'ii'jiiNl 'Jvf h- 'ln* h. 'All Hsvifijtti dis-rii-i ?-? n \ *?!i - jlions, iir.i- ?jiv. ? iuiit'ii ? ?i!fl ^ - ;t i ? s should !>??I* ( I !* 1 1 1 1 S M( * * .' 4 - . M J i I t : I ( . 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': ? t | >? : l ! 1 > < >1 1the X. tV W. will iak?- lie- ? cv <>\ ra in I'oi 1 >(?'?:> 1 y -I i ? ie-5 Ti.Dor! h i.r 1 lai | >i ? i* <>ii i li" V rL'i'iiaiihue will ] >ll reha^e l j ^ h> llai'pi'i'wlieiV tl'.e ha<ks will I'l.nvfv them!<> ! ?ccl< Icy a! iv/hhmmI rates.I >i ? i ; ira ; ?-s I'mm ail (niinis on l H ? * |< < *. may purchase lickcls to jI irrMi-y '1 1 1 1 i < - 1 ion which i< a'?? lit ia 1 1 1 ; I ? t'l mil 1 lu* 1- u n. Tin- pim*y j1 ? i v? ' r train nmki s ccnnoct inns with Jat! 1 1 ' : ; i n ?? . 1 )?l<-;:a1 cs Irmn ill" I>.Ov' < V ^ i ? 1 1 ? ? : i may ntmc t<> Charlcs'??ii th !., >; rnn'.e they can anil Take*. ii" wV < >. No. M train lor llcck-luii'-lioji n!* ilk- Virginian No.- ! t ; .it at T >)."> j'. y I larper.i ?'.? 5 i > ; tii' i* information apply to? I. -I Turn"!*. ( n?'s. Secy., Jinx ?>4i\ ! : ! 1 1 ?? ? i i v. \V. \'a.TUT M.MKM( '< niniMtcs St nji no ? of Dc.it It I'asscil ;I'pon \V;?>I? jetton Ci.lcreH IWoman.I \\ moh, AiiL'usi r_. ? Hi: Prcsi i! i ? : t i i i ;h..- at t *_-;\ioon siuncn a com- :I . I: i ; i i a' ion ;o ..ie mi pnsonnien: pads- !it! upon Mat; icl.vniax, a youns colored j! wninaii s< r'onrcd to ho hansrH in this*> ij i iiy. The c ase* has been lavg lv ini ilii* hand- a'.' R arc. re nta! i ve lowers.Iof the Eleventh Kentucky District,who for 'more than a year has carriedon a campaign 1m her behalf, backedby cLizens of Washington opposed toa duplica ion of i.ie Mrs. Surratthanging hold here more than half acen'ury ago.I iilST I H PLOMA ?\I!?* v< r (iiantcd a Negro By Lebanon!I'ni vci >ity is (,'iv< 11 A. J.A. J. Worsliiun.iL.bancn. Ohio, August 1-- ? with jtiit- graduation of Alfred J. "Worshamfiom Lebanon I'r.iversity today the jfirst Negro 10 re> eiw. a degree from ji he school was granted a diploma.'Following the Civil War Negroes were,barr d because most of the students,were Souherners avid objrcted to thejmingling of the races. jWrr c'.'.ani al-o ha-: the distinctionof making the number of graduates.?fsince ilu- founding of the school, 57'years ago. total ">.oon.A^iayEJL j&t lNs rt'ixriEv' *Yftrfous IndusM^t Courses are Offered. Climate Healthful. Surroundings Good.FREEADDRESSBYR? PRILLERMAN, PresidentInstitute, West VirginiaLAYING THE FOUNDATION.Carter in Philadelphia Evening Times.POLITICS AM) POLITICIANS.| Michigan Democrats v, ill holdtheir State convention in GrandRapids on September 120.Dayton, Wyoming, has followedthe example of Hunnywell, Kansas,in electing a woman mayor.Thomas Ayers of Pierre, S. D., hasmade formal announcement of hiscandidacy 011 the Democratic platform for United States senator fromSouth Daktoa.Governor Thomas R. Marshall, theDemocratic nominee for vice president, has accepted an invitation todeliver the commencement addressat Valparaiso University 0:1 August1 5.Judge Egburt E. Woodbury ofJamestown, X. Y., has announced hiscandidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of New York ona platform favoring a new directprimary law. jThomas R. Shipp, who has received the Republican nominationfor Congress in the 7th district ofIndiana, is widely known as the secretary of the National ConservationCongress. >Addison T. Smith, clerk to the!senate ^committee on ^manufacturesand private secretary; - to SenatorHeyburn, has been dominated by theRepublicans of Idaho for representative at large.If Wood row Wilson is elected,President he will be the fifth Presbyterian to be exalted to that office.Andrew Jackson was a Presbyterian,as were Polk, Buckhanan andCleveland.Miss Helen Dougherty of Providence is the first woman to run forState office in Rhode Island. Sheiias been nominated by the Socialistsfor secretary of state at the November election.The Dorchester Historical Societyof Boston has been presented with a.banner which was carried by theadherents of Henry Clay throughthe New England States at the timeMr. Clay was a candidate for President. It is thought to be the onlyone in existence.\ Political rumor in Ohio cays that.N. C. Wright, editor of the ClevelandLeader and an ardent Roosevelt supporter, probably will become a candidate on the Progressive ticket fo>United States senator to succeedTheodore Burton, whose term willexpire in 1915.| The decision of Wood row Wilsonthat lie will not resign the governorship, but remain in office, follows aprecedent set by Governor Hayes piOhio in 1870, by Governor Cleveland"who in 18X1 retained the governorship of New York; and by Theodorei Roosevelt, who was a candidate forI Vice President in 1000 while governor of New York.1 Frank 11. Funk, who has been'nominated by the Progressive partyin Illinois for governor, is a practicalfarmer. He operates a farm of morethan 2,000 acres in McLean County,nearly all of which is under highcultivation. Mr. Funk graduatedfrom Yale University in 1S91. During his college days he was celebrated as a football player, being lefttackle on the fatnous Yale team ol1890.KKAK ADMIRAL ZANK HKT1KKSWashington, Aug. 14 ? Hear Admiral Abraham V. % anc, who has(hecn serving the past, year an president of the hoard of inspections lorI shore stations, was placed on the^Tct^fed list of t >1 e navy today on ac?i eotint of having reached the age[limit for active service.PKINCK M KXHY r,<> YKAItS OI,hHerlin, August 1 ? Prince Henry,of Prussia, only brother of the German Emperor, received a flood jfcongratulations from his r< lativesand friends in many parts of t'.jeworld today on the occasion of hisfiftieth birthday anniversary. primeHenry iias been connected with thenavy sime his boyhood and is re'garded as a high authori v on navalmutters. In 1 0 2 he visited New]York to attend the launching of Emperor William's yacjit Meteor. Fouryears later the Emperor appointedhim commandcr-in-chief of the im-j.perial navy. i , IEDITOKS AT ANACONDAAnadonda, Mont., Aug. 15 ? Anaconda emended a cordial welcometoday to the newspaper publishersand editors gathered from all overthe Stale for the annual meeting ofthe -Montana Press Association.The sessions will continue threedays, with President O. M. Lanstrum of Helena presiding. Neededlegislation is to form the principaltopic of discussion.FK< >NTI EH CELEBRATIONCheyenne, Wyo., August 14. ?'Ihrongs of visitors from Denver an 1the East arrived in Cheyenne todayfor the opening of the sixteenth annual Frontier celebration. Fully5,000 people are guests of the eitvalready and every train is crowdedto its utmost capacity. Many cowboys are in the city from all paresof Wyoming, and they, with the Iadiars in their red and ye low blankets, are attracting much attentionfrom the visitors. The festivitieswill continue until the end1 of thejweek. Among the events on theurogram are roping and bucking con-'tests for the world's championship,shooting competitions, cowboy races,cKhi'bitions of fancy riding, Indianraces, branding contests and militaryman livers by a detail of United.- ntes :roops from Fort D. A. Rus1 sell.I ? ,r.\rJvKK-LAX(JHORX WEDDING| San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 14. ?;Society in -the East as well as inSan Francisco displayed a lively interest in today's wedding of Miss J ti -lia H. Langhorne, daughter of M".and Mrs. James P. Langhorne, andLieut' nant .Tames Parker of th(?I'nited States Navy. The bride was^orn and raised in Virginia and is afirst cousin of the famous beauties? j immor;alizcd by Charles Dana Gibjson, of whom one is the wife of theartist and another, Mrs. Waldorf Astor, of London. Lieutenant Parker,the bridegroom, is the son of Col.. .lames Parker of the Eleventh Infant. rv, now stationed at Fort Oglethorpe,i (.la., and a nephew of former Con! gressman Richard Wayne Parker, '.?f? New .Jersey.MEETING OF LI THEHAN SYNODSaginaw, Mich., Aug. 14. ? -DeleL ca'.es from every Lutheran synod ofthe United States are attending thesvnodical conference which assembled here today for a. week's session.All branches of denominational workwill be discussed by the conference.and on Sunday next special meeting| will be held in the Auditorium fori the consideration of negro missionaryj work.MRS. M. J. MASON'SHAIR DRESSING SHOPPbin or Eleclric Massage,Shampooing and Manicuring125 Courl SI. Ph' ne 3072 FResidence Phone 2875 MWESTERN HANDICAP TOURNEYKansaB City, Mo., Aug. 14 ? Tho!seventh annual Western handicaptournament, under tho auspices ofjtho Interstate Shooting Association,!has brought togother nearly 300 of'tho best ahotB in the United State?,The tournament is being held at thegrounds of the Kansas City GunClub and will continue over Thursday and Friday. Some good Bcoreswere made in the Initial cveuts todayVIGOROUS 2-YEAROLD CELEBRATESTimber Lake, S. D., Aug. 14 ? Thotown of Timber Lake, whose pavedstreets and up-to-date businesshouses and residences occupy atract that was* only a prairie wastetwo years ago, today began a threeday celebration of its second birthday anniversary. A feature of thecelebration will be speeches byThomas Sterling, nominee for United Stats snator; E. S. Johnson,Dmocratic candidat for govrnor, and[othr public mn of prominnc.DIETZ PARDON HEARING.Madison, Wis., Aug. 14 ? GovernorMcGovern has sot tomorrow as thoday for hearing the application fora pardon for John Dietz of Camerondam fame, who barricaded himselfin his house two years ago and resisted with arms a sheriff's posse. Inthe conflict a deputy sheriff was shotand killed. Dietz was convicted of? murder and sentenced to life inij prisonment. Tho application for apardon has been made through theefforts of Mrs. Dietz.GOVERNOR MARSHALL TO TALKIndianapolis, Ind., Aug. 14 ? Governor Thomas R. Marshall, theDemocratic nominee for Vice President, has accepted the invitation ofPresident H. B. (Brown to deliver thecommencement address at Valparaiso University tomorrow evening.AVESTEKN CANADAIRRIGATION CONGRESSKelowna, B. C., Aug. 14 Thosixth annual meeting of the WesternCanada Irrigation Association beganhere today with a large and representative attendace. The meetingwill last three days and will be addressed by Hon. W. R. Ross, Ministerof Lands of British Columbia; Hon.Price Ellison, Minister of the Treasury, and Dr. Samuel Fortier, of theUnited States Department of Agriculture.SAIjE OF REAIj estate.By virtue of the authority of adeed of trust executed by M. F. Weaver to the undersigned trustee, datedthe 5th day of January, 1912, andof record ijj the Office of the Clerk ofthe County Court of Kanawha county, West Virginia, in Trust DeedBook No. 4 0, at page 455, to securethe payment of a certain note therein mentioned and described to A. M.Reid, and default having been madein the payment thereof, and being)thereunto requested by said A. M.Reid, I, the undersigned trustee, willon the 2 5 tli day of September, 1912?at 10 o'clock A. M., at the EastFront door of the Court House, oilCourt Street, in the City of Charleston, Kanawha county, West Virginia, sell by way of public auction,to tho highest bidder, for cash, thatcertain tract or lot of land situate,lying and being on Magazine Branch,j above Quigley Hollow, and . on thoDistrict Road, in Charleston District,(Kanawha County, West Virginia, andbeing a part of a tract of land con-]veyed to W. A. Parker by WesleyMollahon and wife, by deed datedFeb. 21, 1908, and of record in saidClerk's Office in Deed Book No. 121,at page 137, and in said deed oftrust bounded as follows:Beginning at a stake, corner to alot conveyed ?by said Win. A. Parkerand wife to Geo. L. Carter; runningthence S 41 E 1-2 poles to a stake;S. 4 0 W. G 8-4 poles to the DistrictRoad; thence up the same N 44 W 7poles to the Geo. D. Carter lot;thence with said Carter's line uptho hill to the beginning, and beingthe samG property conveyed to saidM. F. Beaver, by Win. A. Parkerand wife, by deed dated No. 7,1910, and duly recorded in saidClerk's OfTiCe January 1, 1912, towhich said deed reference is heremade for a more particular description thereof.A. J. HUMPHREYS,18-8-15, 22, 29-4 1. Trustee.OHDKH <>F PUHMOATIONPtate of West Virginia, KanawhaCounty, bs.AT HULKS held in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of KanawhaCounty, on. the first Monday in themonth of August, 1912.Fanny Johnson, Plaintiffvs.Robert .Johnson, Defendant.In Chancery. No. 31 70.a divorce from the bonds of matrimony. )This day came the Plaintiff by herAttorney; and on his motion, and itAppearing by affidavit filed, that theDefendant is a non-resident, of thin(The object of this suit is to obtainState, it is ordered that he do apof the first publication hereof, andpear within one month after the da'erfo what Is neofRsary to protect hisinterest in this suit.Teste:IRA 11. MOTTESHEAUD, Clerk.T. (I. NUTTER, Sol.I NOTICE TO TAKE DEPOSITIONS.1To Robert Johnson.Take notice: That on the 12thday of September, A. 1>. 1912, between tho hours of 9 o'clock A. M.aud 4 o'clock P. M., at the law offices of T. G. Nutter, 604 1-2 Kanawha street, Charleston, West Virginia, 1 will take tho deposition ufmyself and others to be read in evidence In my behalf of a certain suitin chancery now pending in the Circuit Court for the County of Kanawlio and State of West Virginia, Inwhich I am Plaintiff and you are Defendant.If from any cause the taking ofsaid depositions shall not bo commenced or completed ou the day 1aforesaid, the same shall bo continued from day to day, or from timeto time, at the same place, and between vtlio same hours, until the sameshall be completed.FANNY JOHNSON,By Counsel.8-8-15-22-29-4 Thurs. ~;JUDICIAL SALE.Notice 1b heroby given that theundersigned Special Commissioner,pursuant to a decree made and entered in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, on the17th day of April, 1012, in the chancery cause of Prank Lively, Administrator of the JSstate of Upshur Hig-?ginbothajn, deceased, agalnBt Upshurlligginbotham's heirs, et al, pendingin said Court, will, onTUESDAY, THE I Oth DAY OFSEPTEMBER, 1012, AT 10O'VlXxiK a. m.,offer for sale at the east front doorof the Court House of KanawhaCounty, West Virginia, at public auction, to the highest bidder, the following described parcels of real -estate lying and being in the city afCharleston, West Virginia;1. A certain lot or parcel c?land and the buildings thereon, beingLot No. 4 0 in Block 16 in West Charleston, as laid out in lots, streets andalleys on the map mado by Venable ftVance, filed in the office of the Clerkof the County Court or KanawhaCounty, said lot fronting twenty-five(25) feet on Third Avenue and running back along Bream Street onehundred and twonty (120) feet toan alley, and being the same lot orparcel of land conveycd by Upsh^irHigginbotham and wife to R. D.Ijcachman, by deed dated the 1 6 tilday of February, 1910.that certain lot of landwith the house and , improvementsthereon, being Lot No. 2 4 of Block16, of West Charleston, as laid outand described on the map thereofmade by Venable & Vance, said lothaving a frontage of twenty-five (2 5)feet on Third Avenue and extendingback between parallel lines a distance of one hundred and twenty(120) feet to an alley, and being thesame lot conveyed by W. B. Taylorto R. 1). Leachman, by deed bearingdate the 19th day ofx December,1907, and of record In the office ofthe Clerk of the County Court ofsaid Kanawha County in Deed BookNo. Ill page 215.3. Two certain tracts or parcelsof land, in said City, with the housesand improvements thereon, situateon the North side of Kanawha rive**and on the Northwest sido of Elkriver, and being lots Nos. 20 and 21of Block No. 2 of the Holly HuntPlace, as laid out in lots, streets andalleys upon the map of same filed insaid Clerk's o ce on the 2 3rd dayof November, 1905, together with theright to use for the purpose of ingress and egress certain streets andalleys in common with Charleston Improvement Company, and being thesame lots, conveyed by said Charleston Improvement Company to DoveLeachman, by deed dated the 22ndday of June, 1907, and of record insaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 111page 214.TERMS OF SALE: The real estatedescribed in paragraphs one andtwo wiil be sold for one-third (1-3)cash in hand on the day of sale, andfor the residue thereof a credit ofsix (G) and twelve (12) months shallbe given the purchaser to execute interest bearing bonds, payable to thojiundp/rsigned -Special Commissioner,with security, and a verdor's lien retained in the deed therefor for thounpaid purchase money.The cash payments on the two lotsdesignated as Lots Nos. 2 0 and 21of Block 2 of the Holly Hunt Place,and described in paragraph three,shall be sufficient to pay the balanceof the purchase money thereon, owing to the Charleston ImprovementCompany, and for the remainder acredit of six (6) and twelve (12)months shall be given the purchaserto execute interest bearing bonds,payable to the undersigned SpecialCommissioner, with security, and avendor's lien retained in the dee!itijshrefor for tho unpaid purchasemoney.H. D. RUMlMJELtv,Special Commissioner.Bond and security given by thoabove named Special Commissioner,as required by law and the decree intli is cause.Teste: ,IRA H. MOTTE3HEAR7D,Clerk.8-8-1 5-,22-29-4Thursdayfl..Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 14 ? The Wis- 'consin Daily League, composed ofthe proprietors and business managers of the daily newspapers ofnearly all of the principal cities ofWisconsin, held its annual meetinghere today. A wide range of topicsrelating to the business managementof newspapers was discussed.